Common Venting issues:
Your furnace uses gas burners to heat the air in your home. All those toxic gases from your burners need to be properly exhausted to the outdoors.
The venting system is plastic tubing that directs the toxic gasses or "flu gases" from your furnace to the outdoors.
As vital as this system is, they are often installed with poor slopes, supporting and uncertified material.
Not only can this damage your furnace, but it can result in immediate safety risk to you and your family.
We'll go through all the deadly sins often committed by novice installers.
Poor slope
The slope refers to the horizontal angle of the venting as it exits your home.
Due to the high-efficiency nature of furnaces, they produce a lot of condensation, water. This water needs to be properly drained out.
Horizontal venting should slope 1/4" every foot leaning towards the furnace. This slope allows the water in the venting to slide backward into the furnace to be drained out.
